Mothers in Crisis

I'm not going to pass too much personal comment on the women who've been in the news lately who have killed their children or put them in harms way. It would be unfair of me to 1) make light of the issue and 2) to say something about them when I don't know all the facts.

All I know is motherhood is extremely difficult - REALLY, really difficult. You have to learn on the job. As a mother, you feel obliged to be no. 1 mum, nurse, referee, judge, decision maker, boss, bread-winner & home-maker, friend, authoritarian and full of love and the love thing is the factor that drives mothers to do the hard work that they/we do.

I think I've said this before, but I believe that many of us "sane" people are about 2-3 drama's away from a nervous breakdown. I've been to the brink, sat on the outskirts of it with my feet dangling over the edge but something, God knows what, keeps me from jumping into the abyss. But there are some of us who are not in the right frame of mind and sometimes, something pushes us over the edge leading to well hidden depression, alcohol and drug abuse, unforgiving relationships and some people end up spiralling completely out of control.

I believe the mothers who take or help take their childrens' lives are in need of more help than us ordinary folk can imagine. I don't believe that every mother who kills her child or children is Mira Hindley evil, I think they're mentally unstable. I reckon there are people in need of psychiatric care all about our society. Only the lucky ones get the help they need and manage to regain their lives.

It's not very often that I get into the heaven and hell debate, but if there is an after-life, I hope the babies and children that were neglected and harmed on earth are being well looked after in heaven.